absence
n. 缺席,不在; 缺乏,不存在
Someone's absence from a place is the fact that they are not there.
...a bundle of letters which had arrived for me in my absence...
我不在期间寄给我的一大堆信件
Eleanor would later blame her mother-in-law for her husband's frequent absences.
埃莉诺过后会因丈夫经常不在家而责怪婆婆。
The absence of something from a place is the fact that it is not there or does not exist.
The presence or absence of clouds can have an important impact on heat transfer...
有无云层对热量的传递会产生重要的影响。
In the absence of a will the courts decide who the guardian is.
在没有遗嘱的情况下,由法庭指定监护人。
1. the state of being absent;
2. failure to be present
3. the time interval during which something or somebody is away;
4. epilepsy characterized by paroxysmal attacks of brief clouding of consciousness (a possible other abnormalities)
lack, want, absence, shortage, scarcity
这些名词均含"缺乏,不足"之意。
in the absence of sth
缺乏某物
in sb's absence
某人不在时
absence makes the heart grow fonder
(谚)小别胜新婚
absence of mind
走神,心不在焉
Do you have valid reasons for your absence?
你的缺席有正当理由 吗 ?
He was desperately eager to be back after more than a week's absence from school.
他一个多星期没有到学校,回校之心甚切.
In its absence China would retrogress into division and chaos, and modernization would become impossible.
动摇了中国就要倒退到分裂和混乱, 就不可能实现现代化.
The team was crippled by his absence.
他的缺席使这支球队的实力削弱.
He took my place during my absence.
在我缺勤期间他代替了我.